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Persistent Microplastics in Ecosystem: The Role of Microalgae-Microplastic Interactions
Summary
This review examines interactions between microalgae and microplastics in aquatic environments, focusing on how algae can adsorb, ingest, and respond to plastic particles, and how these interactions affect microplastic persistence and transport. Microalgae form the base of aquatic food webs, so their uptake of microplastics initiates the trophic transfer chain that ultimately delivers plastic particles and associated chemical contaminants to human consumers through seafood.
Plastic pollution is an emerging global concern. The rise in use and lack of better recycling management of plastic result in its accumulation in water bodies and lands and hence also affects the organisms at each trophic level. The long-term persistence of plastics...